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Podcast: Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts
Episode: Ketanji Brown Jackson: Asked and Answered
Description: It was a week: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings, Justice Clarence Thomas in the hospital, Ginni Thomas’ tweets in the hands of the Jan. 6 committee, and an out-of-the-blue redistricting decision on the shadow docket. First, Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Angela Onwuachi-Willig, dean of Boston University Law School, to discuss why the Senate Judiciary Committee is a terrible venue for a job interview and the ways in which Judge Jackson rose above it.  Next, Dahlia talks to Nate Persily of Stanford Law School about how the hearing interacts with the bigger picture...